Whohooo!! Watch your email inbox for an email from Stampin' Up! with all the details to finalize your Stamparatus reservation and purchase your Stamparatus on TUESDAY, MARCH 20th!!!

NOTE!!!! The Stamparatus is $49, so IF you want a Free Sale-a-Bration item, PLEASE add something to your order to bump it over $50 and then select a FREE Sale-a-Bration gift! Click here to see all 30 gifts!! No limit! Order $100 and get 2 gifts, order $150 and also enjoy hostess benefits in addition to 3 gifts!

If you missed my Stamparatus Tip on my Facebook Live video last week, here it is - click below to watch!

As we are all awaiting our first glimpse at the new 2018-2019 Annual Stampin' UP! Catalog, AND a peek at the retiring list, there is one thing we know and that's the 2016-2018 Stampin' Up! color products are set to retire with the end of this current catalog.

Click any one of the colors below to shop for that color in my online store!

That said, it doesn't mean that the products in these colors will necessarily be available through May 31... they can (and have in the past) sold out VERY quickly in April or May when customers see the retiring list officially published... so..

Don't delay, don't end up scouring the internet and paying ebay prices later!! Just sayin'...

All Sale-a-Bration gifts available with your online orders of $50 or more through 3-31-18!

You can view them all here! My personal favorite? The Springtime Foils paper!! I have paired the paper with the Southern Serenade stamp set and used my Stampin' Blends markers to color the floral images of these beautiful handmade cards! Wouldn't these make great Easter cards?

When you select this pack of 12x12 designer paper as your free gift during Sale-a-Bration, you get 12 sheets of this gorgeous heavy-weight foiled paper!! 3 each of all 4 of these designs! Be Still My Heart! This is gorgeous!

I stamped the flower image from the Southern Serenade stamp set (pg 49 in your 2018 Occasions catalog) in Memento Black ink onto Whisper White die cut Lots of Labels framelits (pg 214 in the current annual Stampin' Up! catalog), then colored them with my Stampin' Blends markers. I decided to create one image with each pair of light and dark Stampin' Blends.

To my surprise, I REALLY loved the Rich Razzleberry image.. it surprised me because I am not a pink/purple person.. but this is so lovely!!

Stamp the lace image from Southern Serenade in Crumb Cake ink .. stamp off first if you want a lighter image.

If you don't have a ribbon to match your card, color it with Stampin' Blends - SEE THIS POST.

Color each of the flowers with both the light and dark Stampin' Blends, and color the leaves with the light and dark Old Olive Stampin' Blends.

I created the actual card base from the striped piece of Springtime Foils paper, but you could also just put a piece of Springtime Foils paper on top of a folded Thick Whisper White card base. I also added a piece of a contrasting Springtime Foils paper to the bottom 1/3 of the card, then added coordinating ribbon to each card.

You can make these too! All the Stampin' UP! supplies I used are listed at the bottom of this post.. click on any product image to go right to my online store!

One thing I hear from my stamping and crafting friends all the time is, "I'm stuck for an idea for a guy card"... so I hope that today's Epic Celebrations birthday card is a helpful idea for you!! I have stamped the images with Dapper Denim ink onto Whisper White cardstock, die cut with the square Stitched Shape framelit, and "blended" the colors with my Blender Pen. It's a pretty easy card!!

I cut the square of Lemon Lime Twist cardstock to 3-1/2" square and layered that onto a 3-3/4" square Whisper White square, then put that onto the Sale-a-Bration Tutti Frutti blue card base.

The Epic Celebrations set is a FREE GIFT OFFER from Stampin' Up! during Sale-a-Bration 2018 with your $50 online order here in my Stampin' Up! store.

As I mentioned, my color combo was Dapper Denim and Lemon Lime Twist.. it's a great combo!! I used my Blender Pen to blend the Dapper Denim ink on the stamped images.

Enamel Shapes are a great way to give that final touch to your card or craft project!

TIP!

Above: I love this tip.. grab your Tailored Tag punch to punch a flag end like I did here on my stamped birthday greeting. The stamps I used are in the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set, pg 77 in the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog or HERE online.

Above: the card base I used comes from the Sale-a-Bration Tutti-Frutti cards & envelopes pack. This is another great FREE GIFT CHOICE during Sale-a-Bration 2018. Find them on page 14 of the Sale-a-Bration brochure and WATCH THE VIDEO here!

Sale-a-Bration Free Gift Offers END on 3/31/18!!

Thanks for joining me! I hope you found today's birthday card inspiring!

I started this project thinking I was going to make Easter Candy Treat Boxes, but as I was creating them and grabbing pink and blue ink and cardstock, I thought, wow, these would make adorable Baby Shower favors or Gender Reveal party treats! What do you think?

The adorable bunny is found in the Stampin' UP! set called A Good Day.

The Clear Tiny Treat Boxes are from Stampin' Up! and assemble in 10 seconds or less. So easy to create cute little acetate box treats with these! Find them on pg 195 of the current annual catalog, or, here online. You don't even need adhesive to assemble the boxes!

I stuffed some Sweet Soiree Shreddie in each box, then filled with Easter Candy treats.

Above: I stamped the bunny from "A Good Day" stamp set in Marina Mist Stampin' UP! ink on Whisper White and punched it with the 1-1/4" circle punch. Then I punched a piece of Marina Mist cardstock with the 1-3/8" scallop circle punch and then layered them both onto a silver metallic doily! The box is tied up with 3/8" Silver Metallic edge white ribbon.

Below: I stamped the bunny from "A Good Day" stamp set in Marina Mist Stampin' UP! ink on Whisper White and punched it with the 1" circle punch. Then I punched a piece of Pink Pirouette cardstock with the 1-1/4" scallop circle punch. I stamped another image from A Good Day in Marina Mist, and punched it with the 1-3/8" scallop circle punch and layered them all together with Snail adhesive. I layered all of those onto a Pink Pirouette banner piece die cut from the Petals and More framelits! The box is tied up with 1/2" Powder Pink ribbon.

A Good Day stamp set is very versatile and so fun to layer with circle punches and scalloped circle punches!

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